Population: 67,308,928 (July 2002 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 27.8% (male 9,520,030; female 9,178,423)
15-64 years: 65.9% (male 22,552,253; female 21,827,002)
65 years and over: 6.3% (male 1,946,523; female 2,284,697) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.2% (2002 est.)

Birth rate: 17.95 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate: 5.95 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Sex ratio: 1.02 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 71.52 years
female: 74.01 years (2002 est.)
male: 69.15 years

Total fertility rate:
2.07 children born/woman (2002 est.)

Nationality: noun: Turk(s) adjective: Turkish

Ethnic groups: Turkish 80%, Kurdish 20%
Religions: Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)
Languages: Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek
Literacy:
total population: 85%
male: 94%
female: 77% (2000)

Source of information: The World Factbook 2002 by CIA